Apple has released the Canon Printer Drivers 2.3 update for Snow Leopard via their Software Update utilty and website. According to the company, this update includes the latest Canon printing and scanning software for Snow Leopard. A full list of the Canon printers it supports can be found here on Apple's website. The Canon Printer Drivers 2.3 update for Snow Leopard weighs in at 282MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.1 or later.

Most of the ink cartridges out there overpriced, so it's stupid just singling out Canon. I think they have a strong history of making some of the best printers out there. I know that I've been totally happy with all of mine._________________1.42GHz Mac mini
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I did the updates yesterday and then the scanner quit working ( nice ) I kind of felt like I was dealing with a Windows machine again! I had to go to Canon's site and download the scanner driver and now all is well but I mean really????

Sorry CM, I can't be of help. I didn't consider the internal wi-fi in the unit; I only briefly considered using it when setting it up for the first time and forgot about it. I scan from MBP wirelessly through router which is printer is connected via Ethernet.

Sorry CM, I can't be of help. I didn't consider the internal wi-fi in the unit; I only briefly considered using it when setting it up for the first time and forgot about it. I scan from MBP wirelessly through router which is printer is connected via Ethernet.

Sorry CM, I can't be of help. I didn't consider the internal wi-fi in the unit; I only briefly considered using it when setting it up for the first time and forgot about it. I scan from MBP wirelessly through router which is printer is connected via Ethernet.

My apologies for confusion.

So then does the printer have to have built-in wifi for wireless scanning to work then? Seems like its hit-and-miss if it works or not and I don't know what the variable is.

No, for me I am able to scan wirelessly from my MBP and have been able to since Leopard and continuing to SL; I have never had a hiccup with this feature since SL was released. I did have some printing issues that were somewhat fixed with the first driver update and seem to be much better with this update.

I am however not using the internal radio of the printer, but rather my Airport Extreme base station which is connected to my printer via ethernet. I thought you may have been having issues wirelessly utilizing the the built-in radio on the printer. Not the case?

Is yours connected via Ethernet or USB from another computer? If USB, is the computer set up to share the scanner?

Not sure what you're referring to here. I've got the Canon MP600 printer connected via usb to an old Snow Airport Extreme (maybe the issue is the old AirPort) that is only used as a printer server. Wireless printing has always worked fine. I do have scanner sharing selected, but that doesn't seem to matter. Unless I physically connect the mfd to a computer, it wont scan and if I go to the scan driver, I get an error message saying it is not able to communicate with the scanner.

I've tried different solutions found in other places from people that say they were able to get it working, and none has worked for me. I don't scan that much, but its just a pita to have to go to the mfd, connect it to the MacBook, hold the MacBook in one hand while shuffling papers on the scanner with the other. And ever more frustrating that some are able to get it to work, most aren't, but seems like what it actually making it work or not is unknown. _________________ Mercury TiBook 400MHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Airport
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